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Mélanie Laurent
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn February 21, 1983 (42 years)
Mélanie Laurent (French pronunciation: [melani loʁɑ̃]; born 21 February 1983) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is an accomplished actress in the French film industry and the recipient of two César Awards and a Lumières Award. Internationally, Laurent is best known for her roles in Inglourious Basterds (2009), Now You See Me (2013), Operation Finale (2018) and 6 Underground (2019).
Laurent began acting at age sixteen, cast by Gérard Depardieu in a small role in the romantic drama The Bridge (1999). She gained wider recognition for supporting work in several French films, including the comedy Dikkenek (2006), for which she won Étoiles d'Or for Best Female Newcomer. Her breakthrough role came in the 2006 drama film Don't Worry, I'm Fine, for which she won the César Award for Most Promising Actress and the Prix Romy Schneider. Laurent made her Hollywood debut in 2009 with the role of Shosanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's blockbuster war film Inglourious Basterds. Her performance won the Online Film Critics Society and the Austin Film Critics Association Best Actress Awards.
While she has worked mainly in independent films, including Paris (2008) and Enemy (2013), Laurent also appeared in commercially successful international films, including the comedy-drama Beginners (2011) and the caper film Now You See Me (2013), the former earning her a nomination at the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable works include the art-house drama The Round Up (2010), the comedy-drama The Day I Saw Your Heart (2011), and the mystery thriller Night Train to Lisbon (2013). She is also known for voicing Mary Katherine and Disgust in the French dubs of Epic (2013) and Inside Out (2015). Additionally, she starred in Chris Weitz's 2018 drama Operation Finale, telling the story of the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann.
In addition to her film career, Laurent has appeared in stage productions in France. She made her theatre debut in 2010 in Nicolas Bedos's Promenade de santé. The short film De moins en moins (2008) marked her debut as a filmmaker. Her feature film directorial debut is The Adopted (2011). Respire (2014), her second production as a director, was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. She made her singing debut with a studio album, En attendant (Waiting For You), in 2011.
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Laurent began acting at age sixteen, cast by Gérard Depardieu in a small role in the romantic drama The Bridge (1999). She gained wider recognition for supporting work in several French films, including the comedy Dikkenek (2006), for which she won Étoiles d'Or for Best Female Newcomer. Her breakthrough role came in the 2006 drama film Don't Worry, I'm Fine, for which she won the César Award for Most Promising Actress and the Prix Romy Schneider. Laurent made her Hollywood debut in 2009 with the role of Shosanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's blockbuster war film Inglourious Basterds. Her performance won the Online Film Critics Society and the Austin Film Critics Association Best Actress Awards.
While she has worked mainly in independent films, including Paris (2008) and Enemy (2013), Laurent also appeared in commercially successful international films, including the comedy-drama Beginners (2011) and the caper film Now You See Me (2013), the former earning her a nomination at the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable works include the art-house drama The Round Up (2010), the comedy-drama The Day I Saw Your Heart (2011), and the mystery thriller Night Train to Lisbon (2013). She is also known for voicing Mary Katherine and Disgust in the French dubs of Epic (2013) and Inside Out (2015). Additionally, she starred in Chris Weitz's 2018 drama Operation Finale, telling the story of the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann.
In addition to her film career, Laurent has appeared in stage productions in France. She made her theatre debut in 2010 in Nicolas Bedos's Promenade de santé. The short film De moins en moins (2008) marked her debut as a filmmaker. Her feature film directorial debut is The Adopted (2011). Respire (2014), her second production as a director, was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. She made her singing debut with a studio album, En attendant (Waiting For You), in 2011.
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| 2024 | The Flood · as Marie-Antoinette |
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| 2023 | Wingwomen · as Carole |
| 2023 | Fright Krewe (TV Series) · as Fiona Bunrady (voice) |
| 2023 | Murder Mystery 2 · as Claudette |
| 2022 | Ride Above · as Marie |
| 2021 | The Mad Women's Ball · as Geneviève Gleizes |
| 2021 | Oxygen · as Elizabeth 'liz' Hansen |
| 2020 | Little America (TV Series) · as Sylviane |
| 2019 | 6 Underground · as Two |
| 2018 | Operation Finale · as Hanna Elian |
| 2018 | Mia and the White Lion · as Alice Owen |
| 2018 | Return of the Hero · as Elisabeth Beaugrand |
| 2017 | My Son · as Marie Blanchard |
| 2016 | Paris Prestige · as Margot |
| 2016 | Eternity · as Mathilde |
| 2015 | By the Sea · as Lea |
| 2015 | Boomerang · as Agathe Rey |
| 2015 | Fauda (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2014 | Nature Is Speaking (TV Series) · as L'amazonie (the Amazon) |
| 2014 | Aloft · as Jannia Ressmore |
| 2013 | Enemy · as Mary |
| 2013 | Now You See Me · as Alma Dray |
| 2013 | Night Train to Lisbon · as Young Estefania |
| 2011 | The Adopted · as Lisa |
| 2011 | The Day I Saw Your Heart · as Justine Dhrey |
| 2011 | Requiem for a Killer · as Lucrèce |
| 2010 | Beginners · as Anna Wallace |
| 2010 | Running Man (TV Series) |
| 2010 | The Round Up · as Annette Monod |
| 2009 | The Concert · as Anne-Marie Jacquet |
| 2009 | Inglourious Basterds · as Shosanna |
| 2009 | Every Jack Has a Jill · as Chloe |
| 2009 | The End of the Line · as Narrator For France (voice) |
| 2008 | Paris · as Laetitia |
| 2007 | The Killer · as Stella |
| 2007 | Hidden Love · as Sophie |
| 2007 | Room of Death · as Lucie Hennebelle |
| 2007 | WOMEN! (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2006 | Days of Glory · as Margueritte Village Vosges |
| 2006 | Don't Worry, I'm Fine · as Élise 'lili' Tellier |
| 2006 | Dikkenek · as Natacha |
| 2005 | The Beat That My Heart Skipped · as Minskov's Girlfriend |
| 2004 | The Last Day · as Louise |
| 2004 | Rice Rhapsody · as Sabine |
| 2004 | Une vie à t'attendre · as La Jeune Fille À L'usine |
| 2003 | Snowboarder · as Célia |
| 2002 | Summer Things · as Carole |
| 2001 | This Is My Body · as Clara |
| 2000 | Route de nuit · as Francesca |
| 1999 | The Bridge · as Lisbeth |
| 1998 | Sophie's Misfortunes (TV Series) · as Camille De Fleurville (voix) |